One of the highlights of the 2014 growing season was the spectacular bloom of Astragalus loanus in May.
I ended up with two plants, from the seed started in spring, 2012. Seed was from the NARGS seedex, and germinated in 9 days at room temperature after it was scarified. (I probably didn't scarify it too effectively; had I done so, I imagine it likely would have germinated much more quickly.) There was a small bloom in the second year from seed, but it really outdid itself in the third year from seed.
Seedlings at about 35 days after germination, grown under fluorescent lights indoors during the winter:
At the start of bloom, and then as more and more buds opened and more flower stalks developed:
With a ruler for scale:
